Wright-Patt Credit Union donates $33 million towards higher education

By eCampus News staff and wire reports

July 26th, 2011

As higher education institutions around the country are being forced to raise their tuition rates in order to recoup their losses from lowered state education budgets, the Wright-Patt Credit Union announced a deal that will make some institutions quite happy, reports Classes2Careers. The credit union announced Monday that it will be pledging an additional $33 million in support of higher education institutions as part of a country wide effort by credit unions to provide some financial assistance for college students. While the credit union has already donated $20 million to help with students’ finances, Wright-Patt recently decided to donate another $33 million to contribute even further…